PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Psiris Fuhren (ranked 1486 p4p, 1972 weight class) and Luka Marka (ranked 216 p4p, 298 weight class). Fuhren comes to the cage accompanied by Everybody Dies. Marka is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Fuhren
vs
Marka

185 cm
24
197
8 - 4 - 0

180 cm
23
185
7 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Psiris Fuhren!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Luka Marka!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Ben Hemmingworth and Ben Watson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marka misses with a hook.
Fuhren appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Marka throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fuhren sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A punch lands to the side of Marka 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A jab from Marka misses.
Fuhren swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Marka connects with the punch.
Marka swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Fuhren misses with an uppercut.
Marka changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Marka.
Marka lands an overhand right.
Marka misses with a takedown attempt
and Fuhren counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Marka misses with a takedown attempt
and Fuhren counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Marka throws a body punch but Fuhren moves out of range.
Fuhren appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Marka tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Fuhren defends well and Marka ends up having to push Fuhren into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Fuhren is looking to counter the offense by Marka and move into the clinch.
Psiris Fuhren has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luka Marka.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fuhren swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Marka counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuhren takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

Fuhren gets a clinch.
Fuhren misses with the head strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Fuhren.
Fuhren tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fuhren throws a head punch that misses.
Marka lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Marka tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fuhren throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Markas head.
Marka throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Fuhrens head.
Marka throws a knee to the head but misses.

Marka is trying to trip Fuhren. He has hold of a leg but Fuhren is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Marka persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Marka loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Fuhren seems keen to control Marka's posture.
Marka postures up in Fuhren's guard and throws a big left but Fuhren blocks it.
Fuhren has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Marka won't allow Fuhren to sweep him here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fuhren is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Marka looking to pass the guard.
Fuhren managing to control the position.
Fuhren not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Fuhren is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Marka has a hand on Fuhren's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Fuhren takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Marka slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fuhren trying to mount his opponent but Marka defends it.
Fuhren with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
We've been hearing good reports from Fuhren's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Marka manages to get to full guard.

Marka working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Fuhren doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Fuhren manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Marka is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Marka can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Fuhren controls the pace.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Fuhren looking to pass the guard.

Marka is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Marka can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Fuhren controls the pace.
Fuhren preventing the sweep.
Fuhren controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Fuhren preventing the sweep.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.
Fuhren sitting in guard, not really doing much.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Luka Marka will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Fuhren misses with a lunging right hand
and Marka counters with a stiff right hand.
Marka misses with a lunging right hand
and Fuhren cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Marka throws out a loose jab but Fuhren uses good head movement to avoid it.

Marka gets the takedown into side control.
Fuhren takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Marka working the ground and pound but Fuhren is defending the strikes.
Marka working the body and head with strikes.
Fuhren wants to control but Marka postures up.
The ground and pound from Marka seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Marka in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fuhren takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Marka tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Marka throwing shots but missing, from side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuhren is looking for a sweep.
Fuhren dodges the ground and pound from Marka.
Fuhren is looking for a sweep.
Fuhren avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Marka.
Marka scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Fuhren to see if he's OK.
Marka postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Marka lands a decent elbow from side control.
Marka has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Fuhren taking punishment in the form of punches.
Marka throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Fuhren keeps Marka under control for a moment.
Fuhren is trying to get back to half guard.
Fuhren is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Fuhren is trying to improve his position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marka working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Marka landing strikes.
Fuhren regains half guard, as Marka was trying to land strikes.
Marka with the ground and pound but Fuhren uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Fuhren bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Marka's guard.

We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Marka is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Marka looking for a sweep. Not yet Marka, not yet.
Fuhren slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fuhren preventing the sweep.
Fuhren is stalling in the full guard.
Fuhren slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Marka is trying to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fuhren happy to just control the position for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Marka is looking for a sweep.
Marka is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Fuhren off and has taken his back!
Fuhren is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Fuhren is taking damage to the body and head.
Marka throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Fuhren!
Fuhren covers up after that shot from Marka.
Marka has the hooks in. Fuhren is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Luka Marka showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Marka listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Marka throws a right hand that misses
and Fuhren connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Fuhren forces Marka back against the cage and clinches.
Marka misses with a short punch on the inside.
Marka has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Fuhren is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Fuhren misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Marka blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fuhren managing to block the knees to the body from Marka.
A short right from Fuhren.
Fuhren lands a shoulder strike.
Fuhren doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fuhren lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Marka has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Fuhren clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Despite being in a bad position, Fuhren is controlling the hands, preventing any submission attempts.
Marka lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marka connects with a big shot to the side of Fuhren's head.
Fuhren covering up well and avoiding damage.
Fuhren wants to control his opponent's hands but Marka gets his hands free.
Marka throwing sloppy strikes.
Fuhren covering up well under a series of strikes from Marka.
Marka is working the ground and pound. Can Fuhren escape?
Marka missing with strikes from the back.
Marka throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
Marka controlling well, preventing Fuhren from escaping the position.
Fuhren trying to control the action but Marka just sinks the hooks in.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fuhren tries to break free.
Marka thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.

Marka working from the back looking to end the fight with a rear naked choke. Fuhren is doing well to defend. Marka seems to have got his hand under the chin though and he's sunk the choke in! Fuhren is forced to tap and this one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Luka Marka!
After the fight, Luka Marka was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.